Monitoring Technology for the Prevention of Falls in the Elderly

预防老年人跌倒的监测技术

• 批准号: 8371293
• 负责人: John Paul Condon
• 金额: $ 17.39万
• 依托单位: INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8371293
• 关键词: Accidental Injury; Activities of Daily Living; Algorithms; Back; Cardiovascular system; Caregivers; Caring; Cessation of life; Characteristics; Charge; Clinical Research; Consult; Data; Development; Device Designs; Devices; Elderly; Electrical Engineering; Electronics; Ensure; Fall prevention; Family Caregiver; Feedback; Funding; Gait; Goals; Gold; Household; Housing; Human; Implant; Injury; Institutionalization; Internet; Israel; Laboratories; Laboratory Assistant; Length; Length of Stay; Locomotion; Magnetism; Maintenance; Medical center; Medicine; Monitor; Morbidity - disease rate; Motion; Neurodegenerative Disorders; Patients; Persons; Phase; Phase II Clinical Trials; Principal Investigator; Psychological Impact; Research; Shoes; Societies; Software Design; Syncope; System; Technology; Telephone; Time; TimeLine; United States National Institutes of Health; User Compliance; Wireless Technology; age effect; age related; cerebrovascular; chronic pain; cost; design; experience; fall risk; falls; fear of falling; foot; innovation; medical schools; monitoring device; mortality; novel; older patient; prevent; professor; prototype; research study; satisfaction; seal; sensor; usability

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Innovative Design Labs (IDL) proposes to develop a low-power, low-cost, high compliance system for monitoring gait parameters indicative of increasing fall-risk. Falls are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in older people, and fall-related injuries represent a significant burden to the patients, their families, caregivers an the society as a whole. Consequences of fall-related injuries, such as chronic pain and decreased mobility, contribute to prolonged hospital stays and institutionalization. The fear of fall-related injuries isolates the elderly, reducing their mobility and independence. This projects aims to develop a low-cost fall risk monitoring technology that is unobtrusive to the elderly patient. The primary focus of the physical and software design is to achieve a very high compliance and user satisfaction throughout daily, continual use. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Falls are a leading cause of injury and accidental death in persons over the age of 65 years. The psychological impact of a fall or near fall often results in fear of falling, reducing their independence and activities of daily living (ADLs). By monitoring gait parameters with a small wearable sensor, falls can be prevented. A novel fall-risk monitoring device designed to ensure ease of use, comfort, and high compliance is proposed.

描述（由申请人提供）：创新设计实验室（IDL）提议开发一种低功耗、低成本、高合规性系统，用于监测表明跌倒风险增加的步态参数。 跌倒是老年人发病和死亡的主要原因，跌倒相关的伤害给患者、其家人、护理人员以及整个社会带来了重大负担。跌倒相关伤害的后果，例如慢性疼痛和活动能力下降，会导致住院时间延长和住院治疗。 对跌倒受伤的恐惧使老年人孤立无援，降低了他们的活动能力和独立性。这个项目 旨在开发一种对老年患者不显眼的低成本跌倒风险监测技术。物理和软件设计的主要重点是在日常持续使用中实现非常高的合规性和用户满意度。 公共卫生相关性：跌倒是 65 岁以上人群受伤和意外死亡的主要原因。跌倒或接近跌倒的心理影响通常会导致对跌倒的恐惧，从而降低他们的独立性和日常生活活动 (ADL)。通过使用小型可穿戴传感器监测步态参数，可以防止跌倒。提出了一种新颖的跌倒风险监测设备，旨在确保易用性、舒适性和高合规性。